The
New Global Villains: Drug Companies and 'Obscene Profits'Ronald
Bailey
The pharmaceutical industry's track record in raising the
quality of life suggests that it would be wise to let the
sort of unfettered market competition that has worked well
in the past continue in the future.
Faster
Growth: if New Zealanders want itDon
Brash
Getting back to around the middleof the OECD pack in terms
of GDP per capital will require radical changes in New Zealanders'
attitude and behaviour.
The
Case for School Choice and How to Fund itJennifer
Buckingham
The ideal of public education—that every child has
access to a good education at puclic expense—should
not be confused with the current system of schooling in
Australia. A new approach is clearly needed.
Beyond
the Welfare State Susan Windybank talks to Charles
Murray, one of America's leading social scientists.
Australia
is Not Sweden: The Welfare State and National Cultures
Peter Saunders
Debates about welfare reform are concentrated in the English
speaking countries, where the welfare ethic clashes most with
individualistic principles of self-reliance and personal responsibility.
The
Erosion of Self-Reliance: Welfare Dependency and the FamilyJames Cox
The direct reliance on imcome support from government as the
main source of income for people of working age runs directly
contrary to the traditional Australian emphasis on self-reliance
and initiative.
Against
the Prodigal StateTony Abbott
Governments need to be careful about being compassionate with
other people's money when it comes to welfare spending, lest
they demonstrate not civic virtue but moral vanity.
Myths
of the Welfare State Mark
Latham
Welfare policymakers need to look beyond the old Left and
the new Right to those evidence-based policies that can help
end the human tragedy of poverty.
Australia's
Economic RecordJennifer
Buckingham
and Helen Hughes
Excerpts from the new edition of State of the Nation 2001:
A Century of Change, with international comparisons to
show Australia's place in the world.
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